Fall Into Books Hop: My Reading Place

Welcome to Candelight Reads Fall Into Books Hop! I'm so happy to be one of the hoppers!

So what's the Fall Into Books Hop all about? Something near and dear to my heart and I'm guessing yours, too…

Books!

One question posed by the hop is… What is that special book you love to fall back into over and over?

I'll be honest, I rarely read a book more than once these days. Oh, I have a keeper shelf (okay, several), but with a toppling over sized TBR pile and lots of ebooks on my Kindle, I find myself reaching for new stories rather than one's I've already read.

Another question posed by the hop is… What's your favorite place to read?

Finding time to read amongst family needs and deadlines can be rough. I carry my Kindle everywhere in case I find myself with a spare few minutes. For me though, nothing beats opening a new book and having a chunk of time with no kids to drive anywhere, no animals to feed and no Internet to distract me. In all the busyness of our family, I have found the perfect place where that special kind of reading can happen—at the pool. Doesn't matter where, but the when is most important. My when? During a swim meet!

So not warm and fuzzy, right?

I'd love to say my fave reading spot is like the picture in upper right hand corner on my website. In my dreams, it is. A cozy chair or couch with a quilt next to a window, a cat (okay, more than one) on my lap, two dogs at my feet and a cup of hot tea or cider in a cozy-covered mug. Oh, yeah, don't forget the cookies!

That was me, pre-kids (minus the dogs and a few cats.) I'd sit on the couch next to wood-paned windows in our little English-style cottage in Oregon and read to my heart's content. Tea, check. Book, check. Cats, check. Blanket crocheted by Nana, check.

Now my fave reading time is sitting on a hard bench (because I forget a pad or a blanket), a water bottle full of iced tea, the smell of chlorine in the air, the sound of clapping and screaming surrounding me. Not romantic and inviting, except I have to spend hours at a swim meet. Hours and hours! Sometimes I have to go back twice if the kiddos make finals. That means lots of precious reading time handed to me on a Speedo kickboard! The only distraction is making sure I keep track of when my swimmers' events are coming. But that's what iPhone alarms are for. I love my pool reading time! And look forward to it throughout the year!!!!

One place I wouldn't try to read at is the rodeo! Not even between the events. I wouldn't want to miss any hot cowboys! Every September the Copper Mountain Rodeo returns to Marietta, Montana! That's the setting of my newest release, Kiss Me, Cowboy.

She didn’t mean to kiss him…

When dude ranch wrangler Charlotte – aka Charlie – Randall kisses Zack Harris in an act of empathy, she falls hat over spurs for the handsome military veteran turned cowboy. Zack has too many demons, however, and refuses to get involved. A year later, he's still stonewalling, and Charlie needs to move on with her life so she can find a fulfilling relationship, not frustrating unrequited love. Putting distance between them seems the best way to get Zack out of her head and heart…but that means quitting the job she loves and accepting a position in Colorado.

He didn’t mean to kiss her back…

Growing up, Zack longed for a real family, and had one with his squad while deployed in Afghanistan. Now, he's back in the States and doesn't want anything messing up his new ranch family, no matter how much he's attracted to the sexy, hard-working Charlie. She could break his heart and ruin the comfortable working relationship they and the other wranglers enjoy. Besides, her friends claim she's looking for the perfect guy, and perfect he's not.

A kiss is just a kiss…or is it?

When Zack learns Charlie's thinking about leaving the ranch, he decides to find her a boyfriend — someone so good, so perfect, she has a reason to stay in Montana. Until he realizes too late that the only cowboy he wants her kissing is him. Can he commit to love and convince Charlie not to leave? Or has she made up her mind to put the past, and the kiss that started it all, behind her and move on without him?

Hop Giveaway Time…

For the Fall Into Books hop, one winner will be randomly chosen from the comments to receive a Fall Giveaway Package that includes a $10 Starbucks gift card, two of my backlist sweet romances and some swag: bookmarks, recipe cards and gingerbread cookie cutters.

To enter, comment with your answer to the following:

What's your favorite place to read, and what is that special book you want to fall into again and again?

Be sure to join in the hop and see what other hoppers are giving away! Thanks!

Too funny, Denise! I take my glasses off when I read on my Kindle too. I’m near sighted so don’t really need them to read! I read an old hardback of GWTW when I was in high school. It had pics from the movie, too. Loved that book!

Hi Melissa Congratulations again on your new book. I can’t wait to read it. And I’m really looking forward to reading your new Christmas book. I think my favorite romance books are set at Christmas, I think it’s because it’s my favorite holiday. Well to answer your question. I can read just about anywhere, but my favorite place is my big chair, when my son is out with friends. The house is quite, and I can get a nice drink, my blanket and just relax and read. Now to a book I fall back on, honestly I don’t really have one. Because I try to read the books I do have. But if I didn’t have a new book to read, then I’d have to say I’d pick any of my romance books, I know that really is a vague answer but honestly I am one of those people who likes to go with new challenges. My favorite book though would be the contemporary version of the bible because it took me years to understand the King James version. Hoping for some new books.

My favorite place to read is my couch when no one is at home and the cats are sleeping. I have quite a few books that I have read many times. I especially love anything set in Hawaii or a exotic destination because it feels like taking a vacation to me.

My fav place to read is a bit of a weird one lol. i love to read in an empty tub with a pillow its the only place i get any peace and its so comfortable! I love Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews and Also Dark Celebration be Christine Feehan.

I love to read sitting outside in a lawn chair under a shady tree, if it is warm enough. I have a new favorite book to reread – I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella. It is hysterically funny, but also very romantic.

My favorite place to read is basically a toss up…..I love reading and getting lost in a book while laying at the beach. My other area is curled up next to my husband in bed each night. Sometimes I will even read to him. As for which book I fall back into to read again, I dont. As soon as I know the ending of a book, I have a hard time reading it again.

Curled up on my coach with a fire in the woodstove, a fleece blanket draped across my lap, mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows,and three cats purring with contentment all around me. I don’t have time to re-read, too many new stories to get to, but if I did it would be Gone With The Wind.

I remember those days of reading while the kids were at play. Soccer, little league, softball, basketball, diving events or lessons, music lessons. Boy did they keep me busy – but I did get my reading in. 😀 Now they are older (22-30) & I get to read wherever I want. My favorite place is my chair in my living room. I can curl up & read. Often with my pup curl up with me. I loved your Marietta books!! Especially Kiss Me, Cowboy. My favorite re-read is Manhunting or Strang Bedfellows both by Jennifer Cruisie, or any of her books. She’s my go to when I’m feeling unsure of what to read.

Hi Melissa Congratulations on Kiss Me, Cowboy. my favorite place to read is on my front porch when it is nice weather.when it is cold outside my favorite place to read is my chair.special book I want to fall into again and again? any Debbie Macomber book.

My favorite place to read is on the corner of my comfy sofa with my legs up and pillow in my lap for my book to rest on. The book I always find myself going back to is Jewels Of The Sun by Nora Roberts. I LOVE that book and it was the first romance I had ever read YEARS ago.

I have a few favorite places to read. In the summer I live floating in my pool and reading, I have the no splash rule when I am in the pool. Off season it is on my recliner couch with my snowman blanket. I work night shift, if my patients sleep, I get to read. I get paid to read, you can’t beat that. I am not a rereader of books, so many new ones to read. Love contemporary romance.

I rarely read a book over, I had one a few years back but don’t remember the name of it and I don’t think I have it anymore.
My favorite place to read is in bed but mainly read in my recliner(I know recliners are for old people and I am getting up there in age) in the living room.

Congrats on your newest release….can’t wait to read it. My favorite place to read is actually the bathtub. It’s the only place I can be sure I won’t be disturbed. I have a few books that I constantly go back to. The first is Falling for Gracie by Susan Mallery. Another would be The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston

My favorite place to read always used to be in bed, but a comfy chair has become my favorite place in the last year or two. As for a favorite book, I’m in the same boat. I have so many books waiting to be read that I tend to not read the same one again right now. However, I LOVE reading books in a series and getting reacquainted with characters that I met in other books! Currently, I am loving all the different books/series that take place in Marietta, Montana! I hope they keep coming because I am not ready to leave town!

I have a large old chair that I curl up in,the kids call it their “couch”, it is large enough! I reread quite a bit, my favorite is “Strangers from the Sky”. I read it at least once a year, along with “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

My favorite place to read is almost ready. We’ve been doing a major home remodel and our living room is going to become living room/library with a wall full of bookcases for my books, a new loveseat for me to snuggle up with a book, a table for a cup of tea, and a good reading lamp.

The special books I want to fall into again & again are way too numerous to mention and cross multiple genres including favorites from my childhood like Little Women or Anne of Green Gables.

I love sitting on my couch with my super soft blanket. If it is rainy, even better! My go to book is The Horse Whisperer. First time I read this book, I was in a waiting room getting allergy shots. Had to leave but had two pages left. Took side roads and finished the book as I drove. NOT recommended!

Wow, lots of comments on this blog along the hop 😀 Hope everyone is having a terrific start to the fall season!

There are a few books I’d like to read over and over but more I think I have books I sort of treasure above others. However, I have been known to reread Tom Sawyer on occasion (often times while reading something else or a chapter or two between other books. I think I’ve read it so many times I can read it without reading it). I do also once in awhile pick up an old Sweet Valley High book for nostalgic purposes. I do, also, have a keeper shelf with a ton of books and a collectors shelf with my Raymond E. Feist books (different covers for the books, different countries, first edition touch-and-die copies, readable copies etc. In other words, my OCD shelf 😐 )

My favorite place to read is anywhere quiet! At home I prefer the chair in the living room, a good blanket,and a cup of coffee. Either that or in bed surrounded by pillows. I’m not picky, either will do 😀

Kiss Me Cowboy sounds like a terrific book. It sounds all complicated and messy, all starting with a kiss! I like the sound of it!! Thank you for sharing so much about it. It’s added to the TBR list!!!

Thanks for the chance to enter the giveaway and for the excellent info on your book 😀

It’s a big wide bench outside on my back porch overlooking the mountains. That’s my favorite place to read.
I like to read beautiful disaster by Jamie McGuire again and again. That’s a great story.
And another one that I have caught myself re reading is Jane Porters beauty’s kiss. I’m just loving that story too.

My favorite place to read is in bed. I suffer from insomnia, so I read every night while the rest of my family is sleeping. It’s one of my favorite times…no distractions at all! My favorite book (and the only one I read every year) is LaVyrle Spencer’s Twice Loved. It was my first romance read and holds a special place in my heart.

I have a big “ugly” green chair that my mother-in-law bought for us when we bought our first house. I hated it on sight and figured my boys would at least get a kick out of it. Then one day I wanted to read where I could watch the rain fall so I sat in the chair, pretty soon I was sitting in the chair all of the time and eventually moved my laptop to be next to the chair. This is by far my favorite place in the world to read. And my favorite re-read is a holiday anthology that includes Debbie Macomber’s “Christmas Masquerade” and Maura Seger’s “A Gift Beyond Price”. I read it every Christmas.

I like to read out on my back patio. Gosh, I read any place-doctor’s offices, waiting for someone or while stirring the pudding. I love to read!
The books I read again and again are by Rosemary Rogers and LaVeryl Spencer.
I must have re read Shanna a dozen times. Loved the books of Kathleen Woodiwiss.

I love reading in bed. I know it’s a cliché answer but it’s the only place I can get comfortable and just lose myself in my books. My favorite books that I have read over and over are by Kelliy Elliot and Kristen Proby

My favourite place to read is on my bed where I can cuddle beneath my blanket. And the book that I reread all the time is The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn because that’s the book that makes me laugh the hardest 🙂

My favorite place to read is in a hot bubble bath! That is the most relaxing place to get lost in a awesome book! My go to book is 50 Shades of Grey, I have read the series more times than I can count on my hand.

I love to read in bed. My favorite book to read over & over is Texas Sage by Sandra Brown. I just love the way Harlan adores Sage. I’ve been looking for a guy like him for a long time. In the meantime, I’ve been trying to train My Guy to be like him 😉

I love to read on the beach in a beach chair with an umbrella alone in the quiet. In the real world, I like to read in bed. There are many books that I could read over and over. Some of my all-time favorites have been Danielle Steele.

I love to read just about anywhere but most of the time it is in front of the computer with my Kindle propped up on it’s stand! I have read and reviewed over 270 books this year. I don’t normally re-read books because there are just too many more I want to read. I do love series and fall in love with characters.Redrabbitt@aol.com